San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-02
X ING
.SOlonon'S mines.
BY H. nInIU HhG0AuD.

ms cIu''lirS 'pd m.s.l"c6s pang Of COIN
passion shot through me- Us | saw him thus
fallen from his high estate" Not a sol.
der of all his armies, not q cuurticr out of
the hundreds who had crtngrd round him
not even solitary wife, remained to STARE
ms Idte or haIYe th" bitterness Of his fail
iOOr savage. lie was Icagm,u- the lesson that
ItIn teaches 10 most who lave long enough,
'lHt the eyes Of mankind are blind to the
"I0rr'died, and TAT he who is dcfens lrss
ana iaIi'n iindS few friends and little mercy.
Nor, lndcc !, IN this ease d.d he deserve any.
Filing through the kTiaI ga'c we marched
slrllEht across the open space to where the
eX-klng sat When within about fifty wards
the regiment was halted, and accompanied
only by small guard we advanced toward
nm, GagoOl reviling us bitterly as we came
AS we drew near, Twaa, for the first time,
lifted up his pIumrd head. and fixed his ON.
eye, which seemed to dash with suppressed
lury almost As brightly as the great diadem
bound rOm his forehead, upon his success
full rival-lgnosi
"lIail, oh, kingw he said with bitter
mOckery; thou who hast eaten of my
bread, and now by the aid Of the white mans
magic hast SyduceI my regiments and de-
teated mine army, hail! what fate hast thou
for me, oh, king
The fate thou gaycst to my father, whose
throne thou hast sat ON thcS' many years.!
was the stern answer
1T is well. lMiI show thee how to die,
that thou mayest rmamb'r it against thine
own time. See, the sun SiuEs ia blood"
and he pointed with his red battIc-ax toward
the frey orb now going down; "it is well
that my sun should sink with it. And now,
oh, king! | am ready to die but crave the
boon of the kukuana royal house, to die
lighting. Thou canst not refuse it, or even
those towards who fled to-day will hold thee
shamed."
at is granted. Choose with whom wilt
thou fight? Myself | cannot liEht thee. for
the king fights not except in war"
lwala'S sOmber eye ran up and down OuI
ranks, and | felt, as for moment it rested
Oh myself that the position hai developed
new horror What il he chose to begin by
lighting me? What chance should / have
against desperate savage six feet high, and
broad in PREPARATION? might as well com
nit suicide at once. Hastily | made up my
mind to decline the COMBAT, even if were
hOOted out of KuIluanaland as consequence.
1t is, think, better to be hooted than to be
quartered with battIe-aX.
t.IncIhn u'Gnt sa,,o.t thor shall NO and
what 1yr bno,, tu.i,, ar shall call tbee
coward whitp-nvnn I, ,i.a Iiyarp,
"Nay." in,rronsrI Il,nn,,. "thou shalt not
fight with Incubu."
Not if he /, afraid" said Twaia.
Unfortunately Sir Henry understood this
ra,nor, amL tho hronI Go,neJ nm into bis
cbnrls
81 will fr,bt hin, =, bo s,id. che sbor soa
IL ON, ,rr9id ,,
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WIZ "-"U nun ""7 '"e H"''eh answer,
n" iN,''N "'''' H''''I "a" III" Comaiu'
AN I'"'l no" "'' ne S"Ppcd 'or""ru
"u" u. " HIS an
"rH IN .lhhS over ihlN ABSURD piece
OF gN'N"li'm; but II ne was determined on
hght'h@, "I course coul" not stop NM
Fight not my Write brother said lgn0Si,
layIhE ms mana 'lr"ti"ni'r.l on SIR H"hrys
arm; lhou mast fought enough, anu Il au%hI
DefeI thre at HIS hahuS IL WoutI my hearl
III TWAIN.
81 will fight, lgnOsi," was Sir Henry's an
Swcr.
at is well. Incubu: thou art a brave mal.
1t will be a good fight Behold. Twala, the
e,rl,il4mt is ready for thee"
The ey-kiry laughed sayageIv, and stenped
forward and faced Curtis. For moment
th.v stnod Tins. and the setting sim carpht
tLrir staIv,,rt frames and clothed them both